In this fifth book in the Victoria Trumbull series,
the ninety-two-year-old sleuth finds herself embroiled
in a series of murders after she is fired from her
job as West Tisbury correspondent for The Island
Enquirer. (The editor claims the newspaper needs
a younger look.)

Victoria, determined to show that age is no barrier
to newspapering, immediately throws her weight behind
The Grackle, intent on turning the two-page
West Tisbury newsletter into a formidable competitor
of the Enquirer. And it looks as though she
will.

In the meantime, the Enquirer's narcissistic
editor has been receiving a series of obituaries,
each naming him as the deceased. He would dismiss
them as a sick joke, but the obituaries follow the
actual deaths of people close to him. Rather than
going to the police, he grudgingly rehires Victoria
to uncover the identity of the obituary writer. Victoria
knows almost everybody on the Island, and she may
be the only person who can solve the mystery before
the editor needs a genuine obituary of his own.

In The Paperwhite Narcissus, as in the four
previous books in the series, Cynthia Riggs explores
the rich and varied setting of Martha's Vineyard in
a way that only a native Islander can. The story glides
from Wasque, the desolate southeast corner of Chappaquiddick,
to the Coast Guard boat ramp in Menemsha; from the
elegantly maintained Captains' houses in Edgartown
to the wild Atlantic Ocean beach at Quansoo.

A delightfully cozy read, steeped in rich characters
and a sense of place, this latest Victoria Trumbull
mystery is sure to charm longtime fans and first-time
readers.

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